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Elliott Woods, who was Architect of the Capitol from 1902 to 1923, oversaw the construction of the Cannon House Office Building and the Russell Senate Office Building. 
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| The U.S. Navy's Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island grants Master of Arts degrees. |
| Eric Clapton's song "Layla" was inspired by a Persian love story. |
| The Spectral Bat (False Vampire Bat) will fall out of a tree to pounce upon unsuspecting prey. |
| Stephen King wrote and starred in the 1982 film Creepshow. |
| The Super Friends had two sets of sidekicks: Wendy & Marvin, and then the Wonder Twins. |
| The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on Park Avenue in Manhattan sits on the site of the former home of William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor. |
| Abraham Baldwin, one of the Founders of the United States, declined an offer from Yale for a divinity professorship and later served in both the Senate and House of Representatives. |
| The framework of the cautionary tale became a cliché in 1980s slasher films. |
| American frontiersman Hugh Glass traveled 200 miles through the wilderness alone and was gravely injured after a grizzly bear attack. |
| A vexatious litigant may be barred from using the courts in common law countries for undertaking frivolous litigation claims or procedures. |
| Henri Poincaré first stated the Poincaré duality in terms of Betti numbers. |
| A pencil sharpener "is a device for sharpening a pencil's point by shaving the end of the pencil"? Well, OK, you probably did. |
| In 1971, Pakistani writer Eqbal Ahmad was indicted on charges of conspiracy to kidnap Henry Kissinger. |
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